Greenhouse gas emissions — all countries

Greenhouse gas emissions — Papua New Guinea

Greenhouse gas emissions in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 43.59 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 101 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 49,631.8%.

2024 43.59 Mt CO₂e −0.79% vs 2023
World rank 101of 199
Period maximum 128.9 Mt CO₂e1899
Period minimum -9.22 Mt CO₂e1960

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Papua New Guinea, 1850–2024-50050100150185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: -0.09 Mt CO₂e1853: -0.27 Mt CO₂e1856: -0.5 Mt CO₂e1859: -0.55 Mt CO₂e1862: -0.16 Mt CO₂e1865: -0.74 Mt CO₂e1868: -0.79 Mt CO₂e1871: -1.48 Mt CO₂e1874: -0.76 Mt CO₂e1877: -0.76 Mt CO₂e1880: -0.82 Mt CO₂e1883: -0.88 Mt CO₂e1886: -0.73 Mt CO₂e1889: -0.68 Mt CO₂e1892: 109.06 Mt CO₂e1895: 120.31 Mt CO₂e1898: 128.81 Mt CO₂e1901: 26.12 Mt CO₂e1904: 20.19 Mt CO₂e1907: -2.28 Mt CO₂e1910: 6.14 Mt CO₂e1913: -7.13 Mt CO₂e1916: 3.79 Mt CO₂e1919: -6.15 Mt CO₂e1922: 6.85 Mt CO₂e1925: 0.87 Mt CO₂e1928: 3.49 Mt CO₂e1931: 3.18 Mt CO₂e1934: -0.6 Mt CO₂e1937: -0.65 Mt CO₂e1940: -2.06 Mt CO₂e1943: -0.12 Mt CO₂e1946: -2.45 Mt CO₂e1949: 4.47 Mt CO₂e1952: -4.71 Mt CO₂e1955: -2.42 Mt CO₂e1958: -4.68 Mt CO₂e1961: -1.89 Mt CO₂e1964: 2.79 Mt CO₂e1967: 8.13 Mt CO₂e1970: 9.02 Mt CO₂e1973: 13.21 Mt CO₂e1976: 22.67 Mt CO₂e1979: 16.67 Mt CO₂e1982: 5.09 Mt CO₂e1985: 34.2 Mt CO₂e1988: 36.99 Mt CO₂e1991: 24.99 Mt CO₂e1994: 31.82 Mt CO₂e1997: 46.28 Mt CO₂e2000: 37.45 Mt CO₂e2003: 35.98 Mt CO₂e2006: 67.12 Mt CO₂e2009: 49.2 Mt CO₂e2012: 43.2 Mt CO₂e2015: 47.22 Mt CO₂e2018: 48.48 Mt CO₂e2021: 44.87 Mt CO₂e2024: 43.59 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +43.68 (+49,631.82%)

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 43.59 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
East Asia & Pacific computed 21,054.9 Mt CO₂e
Melanesia computed 48.77 Mt CO₂e
Lower-middle-income countries computed 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 43.59 −0.35 −0.79%
2023 43.94 +2.16 +5.17%
2022 41.77 −3.09 −6.9%
2021 44.87 −0.18 −0.4%
2020 45.05 −1.13 −2.45%
2019 46.18 −2.3 −4.74%
2018 48.48 −6.74 −12.21%
2017 55.22 −20.13 −26.72%
2016 75.35 +28.13 +59.56%
2015 47.22 −1.86 −3.78%
2014 49.08 +2.54 +5.45%
2013 46.54 +3.34 +7.72%
2012 43.2 +0.49 +1.16%
2011 42.71 +1.07 +2.57%
2010 41.64 −7.56 −15.37%
2009 49.2 −11.53 −18.98%
2008 60.73 +0.65 +1.08%
2007 60.08 −7.03 −10.48%
2006 67.12 +24 +55.66%
2005 43.12 +3.05 +7.62%
2004 40.06 +4.08 +11.35%
2003 35.98 +0.09 +0.26%
2002 35.89 −1.63 −4.34%
2001 37.52 +0.07 +0.18%
2000 37.45 −7.48 −16.64%
1999 44.93 −7.76 −14.74%
1998 52.69 +6.41 +13.84%
1997 46.28 +16.6 +55.92%
1996 29.69 −22.73 −43.37%
1995 52.42 +20.59 +64.71%
1994 31.82 +3.25 +11.37%
1993 28.57 +1.15 +4.2%
1992 27.42 +2.43 +9.73%
1991 24.99 −7.03 −21.96%
1990 32.02 −9.86 −23.55%
1989 41.89 +4.89 +13.23%
1988 36.99 −0.38 −1.01%
1987 37.37 +14.98 +66.86%
1986 22.4 −11.81 −34.52%
1985 34.2 +8.51 +33.13%
1984 25.69 −3.21 −11.1%
1983 28.9 +23.81 +468%
1982 5.09 −8.55 −62.69%
1981 13.64 +0.3 +2.25%
1980 13.34 −3.33 −19.98%
1979 16.67 +3.5 +26.62%
1978 13.17 −28.49 −68.4%
1977 41.66 +18.99 +83.76%
1976 22.67 +1.11 +5.13%
1975 21.56 +2.97 +15.99%
1974 18.59 +5.38 +40.73%
1973 13.21 −3.51 −20.97%
1972 16.72 +9.49 +131.28%
1971 7.23 −1.8 −19.9%
1970 9.02 +3.4 +60.4%
1969 5.63 −1.44 −20.36%
1968 7.06 −1.06 −13.09%
1967 8.13 +4.55 +127.17%
1966 3.58 +10.88 +148.97%
1965 -7.31 −10.1 −361.68%
1964 2.79 +4.29 +286.76%
1963 -1.5 +2.19 +59.43%
1962 -3.69 −1.79 −94.56%
1961 -1.89 +7.33 +79.46%
1960 -9.22 −1.06 −12.96%
1959 -8.16 −3.49 −74.57%
1958 -4.68 −4.17 −818.47%
1957 -0.51 +5.11 +90.94%
1956 -5.62 −3.2 −132.15%
1955 -2.42 −0.28 −13.14%
1954 -2.14 −1.6 −299.81%
1953 -0.54 +4.17 +88.63%
1952 -4.71 +0.27 +5.47%
1951 -4.98 −6.16 −521.42%
1950 1.18 −3.29 −73.59%
1949 4.47 +2.56 +134.08%
1948 1.91 +1.88 +7,246.15%
1947 0.03 +2.48 +101.06%
1946 -2.45 +3.55 +59.16%
1945 -6.01 −5.14 −589.67%
1944 -0.87 −0.75 −631.93%
1943 -0.12 −2.21 −105.69%
1942 2.09 −3.09 −59.66%
1941 5.19 +7.25 +351.38%
1940 -2.06 −3.18 −284.69%
1939 1.12 +0.29 +35.23%
1938 0.83 +1.48 +226.49%
1937 -0.65 −2.84 −129.86%
1936 2.19 −0.96 −30.42%
1935 3.14 +3.75 +622.09%
1934 -0.6 −2.52 −131.39%
1933 1.92 +0.45 +30.74%
1932 1.47 −1.72 −53.91%
1931 3.18 +2.3 +262.12%
1930 0.88 +0.28 +46.99%
1929 0.6 −2.89 −82.85%
1928 3.49 +5.47 +276.15%
1927 -1.98 −1.57 −385.05%
1926 -0.41 −1.28 −146.74%
1925 0.87 −0.05 −5.21%
1924 0.92 −0.16 −14.41%
1923 1.08 −5.77 −84.29%
1922 6.85 +6.47 +1,726.4%
1921 0.38 −0.75 −66.73%
1920 1.13 +7.28 +118.31%
1919 -6.15 −10.33 −247.54%
1918 4.17 +11.95 +153.65%
1917 -7.77 −11.57 −304.9%
1916 3.79 −0.71 −15.84%
1915 4.51 −8.65 −65.74%
1914 13.16 +20.29 +284.57%
1913 -7.13 −10.23 −329.6%
1912 3.11 +4.08 +418.46%
1911 -0.98 −7.11 −115.88%
1910 6.14 −4.84 −44.08%
1909 10.98 +9.88 +902.56%
1908 1.1 +3.37 +148.11%
1907 -2.28 −17.17 −115.28%
1906 14.89 +10.37 +229.54%
1905 4.52 −15.67 −77.62%
1904 20.19 +9.75 +93.48%
1903 10.43 −14.22 −57.68%
1902 24.66 −1.46 −5.59%
1901 26.12 −20.93 −44.49%
1900 47.05 −81.85 −63.5%
1899 128.9 +0.09 +0.07%
1898 128.81 +5.19 +4.2%
1897 123.62 +0.78 +0.63%
1896 122.84 +2.53 +2.1%
1895 120.31 +3.55 +3.04%
1894 116.76 +3.11 +2.74%
1893 113.65 +4.59 +4.21%
1892 109.06 +8.91 +8.9%
1891 100.14 +16.47 +19.68%
1890 83.68 +84.35 +12,423.27%
1889 -0.68 −0 −0.59%
1888 -0.68 +0.07 +9.15%
1887 -0.74 −0.02 −2.2%
1886 -0.73 +0 +0.14%
1885 -0.73 +0.07 +8.31%
1884 -0.79 +0.09 +9.77%
1883 -0.88 −0.11 −13.7%
1882 -0.77 +0.11 +12.15%
1881 -0.88 −0.07 −8.1%
1880 -0.82 −0.01 −1.24%
1879 -0.81 +0.05 +5.41%
1878 -0.85 −0.09 −11.83%
1877 -0.76 +0.01 +1.68%
1876 -0.77 −0.04 −6.03%
1875 -0.73 +0.03 +3.44%
1874 -0.76 +0.03 +3.82%
1873 -0.79 +0.04 +5.07%
1872 -0.83 +0.65 +44.05%
1871 -1.48 −0.69 −86.4%
1870 -0.79 −0.28 −55.08%
1869 -0.51 +0.27 +34.86%
1868 -0.79 +0.01 +1.26%
1867 -0.8 −0.02 −2.98%
1866 -0.77 −0.04 −4.74%
1865 -0.74 +0.11 +13.07%
1864 -0.85 −0.29 −52.15%
1863 -0.56 −0.4 −253.16%
1862 -0.16 +0.33 +67.62%
1861 -0.49 +0.36 +42.38%
1860 -0.85 −0.3 −55.41%
1859 -0.55 −0.15 −37.28%
1858 -0.4 +0.04 +9.57%
1857 -0.44 +0.07 +12.9%
1856 -0.5 −0.1 −26%
1855 -0.4 −0.1 −35.14%
1854 -0.3 −0.03 −9.23%
1853 -0.27 +0.01 +3.9%
1852 -0.28 +0 +0.7%
1851 -0.28 −0.2 −222.73%
1850 -0.09

Melanesia, 2024

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About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions converted into CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including emissions from land use and agriculture. The conversion uses 100-year global warming potentials. For countries with large agriculture this indicator runs substantially above emissions of CO2 alone.

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